How much revenue did Basement of Hellish make?

$162–$436 after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Basement of Hellish sell?

Q: How many copies did Basement of Hellish sell?

595 to 967 copies, based on its 24 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 595–967; $162–$436 after Steam's cut $295–$670 before Steam's cut; from 24 reviews (Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Basement of Hellish and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Basement of Hellish's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 285–610k

best case 10.3M (Doki Doki Literature Club!)

Games like Basement of Hellish

A typical game among these

≈ 285–610k copies

≈ $832–$130k after Steam's cut

from ~249 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

3 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Doki Doki Literature Club! at ≈ 7.9M–12.8M copies.

What their first month looked like

The games that made it here had under 26k reviews in their first month.

Games with under about 100 reviews in month one almost never recover.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Dark (8 of 8) and Psychological Horror (3 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Psychological Horror + Visual Novel.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2017 to 2024, and 3 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 43 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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Doki Doki Literature Club! 2017	Est. copies ≈ 7.9M–12.8M 920x vs typical SteamSpy 5M–10M	Est. revenue Free	Free	229k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	Psychological Horror Visual Novel
Corrupt 2023	Est. copies ≈ 322–524 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $884–$2k after Steam's cut $2k–$4k before Steam's cut	$9.99	13 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionAction-Adventure
At the Dream End 2 - Beyond Gods 2023	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	8 reviews 8 user reviews	AdventureInteractive Fiction
REMNANT II® 2023	Est. copies ≈ 1.7M–2.8M 278x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $23.5M–$63.3M after Steam's cut $42.8M–$97.4M before Steam's cut	$49.99	69k reviews Very Positive	Souls-like Co-op
ESCAPELAND 2024	Est. copies ≈ 223–363 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $306–$824 after Steam's cut $556–$1k before Steam's cut	$4.99	9 reviews 9 user reviews	Early AccessAtmospheric
HORROR TALES: The Wine 2021	Est. copies ≈ 12k–20k 1.9x vs typical SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $40k–$106k after Steam's cut $72k–$164k before Steam's cut	$11.99	484 reviews Mostly Positive	Horror Survival Horror
Night Raider 2024	Est. copies ≈ 49k–80k 7.9x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $81k–$217k after Steam's cut $147k–$333k before Steam's cut	$5.99	2k reviews Very Positive	AdventureGun Customization
Lost Surreal Hell 2024	Est. copies ≈ 198–322 SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $163–$438 after Steam's cut $296–$674 before Steam's cut	$2.99	8 reviews 8 user reviews	DarkRPG